6. Collocations

Complete these collocations from the two exercises above:

eat ………….. meals	get ………….. of spots
my waist ……………	look carefully at your ………
drink in ………………	eat more ………
on a regular ………..	try …………. Out all sugar and butter

Lesson 68.

1. Warm-up

Which fruits do you eat the most? Number the fruits from 1 (the most) to 5 (the least). Share your answers with your classmates.

orange

banana

apple

melon

_________ ___________ (your idea)

R ead the title of this lesson, look at the picture, and discuss the following questions.

1. Which fruits in the picture do you eat? Do you know their names in English?

2. How do you eat fruit? Do you eat it as dessert? As a snack? In a salad?

Do you cook with fruit? Explain.

3. What do you think the reading is going to be about?

2 . Vocabulary preview

A . Read the word lists. Put a check (✓) next to the words that you know and can use in a sentence. Compare your answers with a partner. Then look up any unfamiliar words in a dictionary.

Fill in the blanks with words from Part A.

1. Fruits and vegetables need water to _________.

2. The _______ for the U.S. dollar is “$.”

3. Be careful when you eat this orange! One of the pieces may still have __________ a / an in it.

4. It is important to eat _________ food.

5. Farmers usually __________ in the spring.

6. The new ____________ of corn will be ready in a few days.

7. Some people think ___________ C prevents colds.

8. In the fall, apple growers __________ their apples.

9. Sugar producers asked the government to put a / an___________ on sugar from other countries.

10. Bananas are a good of ________ potassium.

11. Iron is an important ____________ that your body needs to stay healthy.

12. They bought more land so that they could _____________their farm.

3 . Reading

Preview the questions in Part A. Then read the story.

How the Kiwi Got Its Name

I t is one of the ugliest little fruits in the world. Many people don’t know how to eat it and have never tried it. This fruit, however, is a multi-billion-dollar super food, a food that is very nutritious.

This fruit’s skin is brown and looks like the fur of a monkey. This explains one of the fruit’s original names, which means “monkey peach” in Chinese. The Chinese first grew it in the Chang Kiang Valley about 700 years ago. It became a favorite food of the rulers.

They liked the bright green color on the inside of the fruit and its sweet taste.

When people from other parts of the world began traveling in China, they discovered this unusual-looking fruit. In 1904, a woman from New Zealand, Isabel Fraser, traveled to China. There, she ate a monkey peach. She liked its taste, so she took some seeds back with her to New Zealand. She gave the seeds to Thomas Allison. Thomas and his brother, Alexander, owned an orchard. Alexander Allison planted Fraser’s seeds and harvested the first fruit in 1910.

The climate of New Zealand was perfect for the monkey peach, and soon the fruit became popular there. However, New Zealanders had trouble pronouncing the name in Chinese. They decided to call it a “Chinese gooseberry” because the fruit is green, like a gooseberry.

By the 1950s, New Zealand had more Chinese gooseberries than they could eat. Fruit growers wanted to expand their markets to other countries. However, they had a problem. Some countries had an import tax on berries. To avoid the tax, the growers decided to change the name. The fruit looked like a tiny melon, so they decided to call it melonette. This name seemed like a good idea until they learned that there was also a high tax on melons. What could they call it?

The fruit growers got together to discuss a new name. Someone suggested the name kiwi. The furry kiwi bird is a symbol of New Zealand, and New Zealanders are sometimes called Kiwis. The growers all agreed, and this small green Chinese fruit took the name of a symbol of New Zealand.

When the kiwi fruit first appeared in other countries, most people thought it was strange. They didn’t know how to eat it, and they didn’t like the rough skin. Eventually, people learned to remove the furry skin and eat the sweet inside part. They started to enjoy it.

Recently, food scientists have discovered some surprising information about the kiwi. One small kiwi fruit has more vitamin C than any other fruit. It is also a great source of fiber and provides the body with important minerals, such as calcium and potassium.

Today the kiwi is more popular than ever. It is a major crop in many countries, including Chile and Italy. In New Zealand, it is the number one export. Farmers there even export this healthy and delicious food to China, where it all began.